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As many victims of severe flooding earlier this year have come to learn, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is limited in how much money it can dole out for relief and rebuilding work. A bill scheduled for a vote this afternoon in the U.S. Senate could provide additional help. Senators are to vote on a continuing resolution providing money for a variety of government activities. Among them are battling the Zika virus and addressing the epidemic of opioid abuse in many states. Last week, a... Read More

Anyone expecting government action to solve all problems faced by coal miners and the coal industry are sure to be disappointed. Sure, there may be adjustments through the political process and court action, but a lower-carbon energy future is a virtual certainty. Coal faces other challenges, including competition from low-price natural gas. In many places, coal that can be more-easily mined has been depleted. Labor-saving technology cost some coal jobs.That’s not to say, however, that the... Read More

The United States Senate Broadband Caucus, co-chaired by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., hosted a panel of rural broadband experts last week to report on how rural broadband efforts are being implemented and how continued expansion might be financed. Doug Kinkoph, associate administrator for the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration, said the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program is nearing the end of its $4 billion funding. Funded by... Read More

The United States Senate Broadband Caucus, co-chaired by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., hosted a panel of rural broadband experts Thursday to report on how rural broadband efforts are being implemented and how continued expansion might be financed. Doug Kinkoph, associate administrator for the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration, said the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program is nearing the end of its $4 billion funding. Funded by the... Read More

In the tip of West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle, where the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers meet, the picturesque little town of Harpers Ferry hugs the steep hills and ravines at the water’s edge. The village’s street and sidewalks are a tangle of ups, downs, and tilts. Heralded not only as the most historically significant town in West Virginia but also one of national importance, it played critical roles in the construction of the U.S. railroad system and in... Read More

A federal bill to protect the pensions and health care benefits of thousands of retired miners is one step closer to becoming law. Both of West Virginia’s senators are urging its passage by the end of the year. The Miners Protection Act passed out of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on an 18-8 vote Wednesday.Sen. Joe Manchin introduced the bill last summer to help shore up what he calls a “promise made to coal miners and their families in 1946.”The bill would take money... Read More

CHARLES TOWN — According to officials including Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, Sen. Joe Manchin and college presidents, education and economic development go hand in hand in the Mountain State. During Monday morning's segment of the West Virginia Economic Development Council's fall conference at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races, education was a hot topic. A portion of the conference also featured a panel consisting of Dr. Peter Checkovich, president of Blue Ridge Community and Technical... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) says the Huntington officials are coming to terms with the extent of the drug problem following last month’s rash of nearly two dozen heroin overdoses there in the matter of six hours. Speaking on the U.S. Senate floor last week, Capito said while overdose rates in Huntington remain high, the number of deaths related to overdose are decreasing there. “The cooperation and the sad reality that they are... Read More

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. – “We needed more good news in West Virginia, and I want to be the federal partner that works with getting those dollars to West Virginia because we deserve our tax dollars back,” said U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito. On Monday morning, over 100 members from the West Virginia Economic Development Council came together for their annual fall conference with U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito as a guest speaker. “For me, I talked about my Capito Connect plan -... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WDTV) – U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito announced Monday that a total of $3,358,366 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Health Human Services Health Resources & Services Administration has been awarded to 28 West Virginia health centers. “I’m happy to see this funding head to health centers across West Virginia. Every West Virginia community deserves quality healthcare facilities and this funding will... Read More

A bill introduced Wednesday would help prevent shipments of synthetic drugs from entering the U.S. The Synthetics Trafficking & Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act is designed to prevent shipments of dangerous synthetic drugs like fentanyl and carfentanil to drug traffickers by enabling Customs and Border Protection to better target potential illegal packages.  Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, a co-sponsor of the bill, said the legislation comes at a critical time for West Virginia, after the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Both U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito expressed disappointment during remarks on the floor of the Senate Wednesday that a vote on the Miners Protection Act won’t come until next week at the earliest before the Senate Finance Committee. Manchin and Capito were joined by Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Mark Warner (D-Virginia) in the floor remarks calling on Congress to renew its promise to coal miners and their widows with health care and... Read More

Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) introduced legislation Tuesday that would prohibit Medicare Part D plan sponsors and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from retroactively reducing payments on accurate reimbursement claims submitted by pharmacies. The “Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Drug Spending Act” aims to help ensure community pharmacies are able to continue to serve Medicare beneficiaries. The bill also aims to combat the... Read More

The U.S. Senate will vote this week on a $9 billion water bill that West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito defended on the chamber floor Tuesday. The Water Resources Development Bill is expected to pass with almost no opposition from the Republican controlled chamber. Like many pieces of Congressional legislation, the bill includes funding for a variety of projects. It creates a new Federal Emergency Management Agency program that will focus on renovating thousands of dams across the... Read More

The Senate Finance Committee may hold a long-awaited markup this week on legislation to secure retiree benefits for more than 120,000 union coal miners and dependents. West Virginia Sens. Joe Manchin (D) and Shelley Moore Capito (R) have both said they expect Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) to schedule a vote this week on the "Miners Protection Act," S. 1714. The senators, other lawmakers and the United Mine Workers of America, are increasing the pressure on Congress to act. The union bused in... Read More

Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin announced federal funding Wednesday for two West Virginia organizations that support victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. The West Virginia Foundation for Rape Information and Services will receive $147,891, and the West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence will receive $91,641 from the Grants to State Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Coalitions Program.  Women’s Resource Center Executive Director Patricia Bailey said... Read More

CHARLESTON – U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito’s (R-W.Va.) staff will hold mobile office hours at various locations in West Virginia throughout September and October in an effort to meet in person with the senator’s constituents. “Mobile offices are an opportunity for constituents to meet one-on-one with a member of my staff, ask questions and voice concerns,” Capito told The West Virginia Record. In addition to meeting with constituents, Capito said the mobile... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., has announced $250,000 in federal funding for a Huntington drug treatment center. The grant, from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, will go to Recovery Point of Huntington. The 100-bed residential long-term recovery program is for men who suffer from alcohol and substance abuse. “We are extremely excited about our recent award through SAMHSA,” said Recovery Point Executive Director Matt Boggs.... Read More

MORGANTOWN – U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) recently chaired a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the economic importance of modern, reliable infrastructure in West Virginia and other energy-producing states. “West Virginia has proven time and again that we have the perfect storm of natural resources and the skilled workforce that make investment in energy infrastructure so valuable,” Capito told The West Virginia Record. The hearing was... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amid the historic trappings of the nation’s capital, coal miners both active and retired, along with their families showed up in force in Washington DC Thursday with a message and a mission.   The message to members of Congress was the mine workers were promised healthcare and pensions in the 1940s and the mission was to see to it the promise is kept. “We’re not here just to pass legislation, we’re here to save people’s... Read More